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In the resources sector, where innovation could provide key competitive advantages, a strong IP strategy is often vital.

The plan to use battery storage with solar power is a bit of a regulatory headache, if it is to be commercially viable.

In this podcast series, Australian partners Rebekah Gay and Emma Iles explore a variety of topics, issues and areas of intellectual property law.

Special counsel Mark Cowan shares his journey to Cooper Grace Ward after nearly two decades in property, planning and environment law, discussing what attracted him to the firm's collaborative culture. The conversation explores how planning and environment law has transformed into a dynamic field spanning urban development, renewables, infrastructure, agriculture and mining, while examining the persistent challenge of delivering infrastructure efficiently amid shifting government policies.

The NSW government introduced new laws which makes it much easier to install renewable energy in strata buildings.

This significant reduction is mostly due to the reduction in excess renewable production overhanging from previous years.

Battery technology is stepping in to give household electricity generators more control over how they use their energy.

A solar PPA is where a customer buys the energy output of a solar PV system for a fixed term, but not the system itself.

The Federal Government is proposing to build a new gas fired power plant in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales if the private sector fails to "step up" and replace the lost capacity resulting from...

This recent Report contains a number of policy directions significant for the renewable and alternative energy sector.

Yesterday’s announcement by the Federal Government that it would not reinstate the Home Insulation Program ("HIP") component of the Renewable Energy Bonus Scheme, (as it had previously promised), represents a significant additional blow to those in industry who have been adversely affected by the previous cancellation of the HIP.

This podcast series investigates opportunities for the immediate implementation of a hydrogen economy in Australia.

Climate policy and the anti-coal movement featured heavily in the recent federal election in Australia as the Liberal National Coalition government was reelected by a narrow majority

A directive from the Abbott government to the CEFC not to invest in wind or solar energy has also been quietly dropped.

The Queensland Government has announced a review of the Wind Farm Code (State Code 23) and accompanying guidelines used in the planning assessment of wind farm applications.

A recent decision in Australia opens the door for recipients of investor-state awards to enforce the award in that country.

Two key actors in renewable energy, Australia and Germany, agree to a joint feasibility study to collaborate on the production of renewable hydrogen, in a further step towards achieving a global